Understanding the Chemicals in Cosmetics, Celebrating Science, Investigating Abuse

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 26, 2015

Industrial hygienist Monona Rossol on the potential dangers of beauty products, and what “hypoallergenic” really means! World Science Festival co-founder Brian Greene and actor/science enthusiast Alan Alda on this year’s World Science Festival and the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Alexis Landau with her debut novel, The Empire of the Senses. Jamie Fellner, US Program senior adviser at Human Rights Watch, on her report about the use of force against inmates with mental disabilities in US jails and prisons.

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